David Fincher reviving Heavy Metal series

Despite his busy schedule finishing up The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and working on Black Hole, David Fincher is "helming" a new Heavy Metal film. Word of this comes from Variety, which implies that Fincher will be in charge of the whole project—though if this is truly the case, isn't made clear in their material.

Heavy Metal is a relatively adult (or perhaps extremely juvenile) science-fiction magazine that has been running since 1977, though now reduced to a quarterly release schedule. Previous Heavy Metal feature films came out in 1981 and 2000, with the original in particular gaining a cult following.

The new Heavy Metal will consist of eight or nine animated segments, each directed by a different "helmer." Aside from Fincher, the other directors currently attached to the project are Kevin Eastman (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and Tim Miller. Fincher, Eastman and Miller will be producing the film as well and are currently looking to lock other directors into the project.

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